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in syria, the u.n. envoy to syria met with president bashar al-assad in damascus, but he gave no sign of progress toward halting the civil war. lakhdar brahimi spoke with assad as part of a two-day visit. brahimi was appointed envoy in september, but he's made little apparent headway. the latest visit came a day after opposition groups reported a government air strike on a bakery killed at least 60 people. authorities in india restricted vehicle and railroad travel in new delhi today, in the wake of violent protests over a gang rape. on sunday, police sprayed tear gas and water cannons after crowds began throwing stones and tipping over vehicles. the protesters demanded stronger punishments for crimes against women after a 23-year old woman was attacked on a public bus last week. the victim was thrown from the bus afterward. she remains in critical condition. six arrests have been made. washington was quiet today with the president and congress gone for christmas. but the lack of any fiscal cliff talks
in syria, the u.n. envoy to syria met with president bashar al-assad in damascus, but he gave no sign of progress toward halting the civil war. lakhdar brahimi spoke with assad as part of a two-day visit. brahimi was appointed envoy in september, but he's made little apparent headway. the latest visit came a day after opposition groups reported a government air strike on a bakery killed at least 60 people. authorities in india restricted vehicle and railroad travel in new delhi today, in the...
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for syria. one-and-a-half years after it began and the battle for this city and for syria grinds on relentlessly. the bombardment of homs, the war here, is as intense as ever. these soldiers say they have the rebels trapped in this area and that the battle will be over soon. whole neighborhoods here are a wasteland. the signs of battle on every building. few civilians remain. it's almost a shock to see them. in your heart when you see your area like this. >> i can't imagine. i feel very sorry for what has happened. >> reporter: how long will this go on here? >> i don't know. god only knows. god alone knows. >> reporter: the war here is almost macabre, bizarrely a mannequin marks the deadliest junction. but few places here are safe for anyone. so as world leaders of the united nations begin to talk again of syria, dead locked in disagreement, the snipers on both sides take their positions. death on their minds. victory in their sights. >> syria will again be one of the dominating issues at the un
for syria. one-and-a-half years after it began and the battle for this city and for syria grinds on relentlessly. the bombardment of homs, the war here, is as intense as ever. these soldiers say they have the rebels trapped in this area and that the battle will be over soon. whole neighborhoods here are a wasteland. the signs of battle on every building. few civilians remain. it's almost a shock to see them. in your heart when you see your area like this. >> i can't imagine. i feel very...
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and he was associated with a couple of particular things targeted syria and syria allies in lebanon. one was the vestigation into the murder of former prime minister rafikve hariri in 2005 andost recently he was seen as beio involved in the arrest of one of the syrian president assad's top allies in lebanon which was seen as a very bold move for the intelligence services in lebanon. >> brown: no one has tak respoibility for the bombing yet, i gather.y who what is the thinking there? what is being talked about? who is being looked at? >> well, politicians in lebanon who are associated with the sort of anti-assad movement have been very quick to blame assad. for many lebanese the bomb today was a huge blast, was reminiscent of a string of attacks which took place against anti-syrian politicians in the year 2005 to 2008. so there's a lot of people targeting theta syrians for this, although syria has condemned the attack. and described it as an ago of terrorism. but there are protests in areas of lebanon, sort of associated with opposition to the syrian regime today. so the mood on the s
and he was associated with a couple of particular things targeted syria and syria allies in lebanon. one was the vestigation into the murder of former prime minister rafikve hariri in 2005 andost recently he was seen as beio involved in the arrest of one of the syrian president assad's top allies in lebanon which was seen as a very bold move for the intelligence services in lebanon. >> brown: no one has tak respoibility for the bombing yet, i gather.y who what is the thinking there? what...
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. >> woodruff: we turn now to the conflict in syria. the country's neighbor, turkey, received long-sought-after defense help from nato today. the military coalition also expressed growing concerns about the assad regime's chemical weapons supply. in an all too familiar scenes of civil war, rockets blasted and fires flared overseer i can't today. far from the fighting in brussels, nato members approved turkey's request for patriot antimissile systems. they will defend against syrian shelling and rocket fire that land on the turkish side. the issue has taken on greater urgency. amid u.s. warnings that syria could be preparing to use chemical weapons against the rebels. >> the syrian stock piles of chemical weapons are a matter of great concerns. we know that syria possesses... we know they have the chemical weapons. it is a matter of urgency to ensure effective defense and protection of our ally turkey. >> woodruff: nato chief also warned of even stronger action if the syrian government crosses the chemical line. echoing monday's statemen
. >> woodruff: we turn now to the conflict in syria. the country's neighbor, turkey, received long-sought-after defense help from nato today. the military coalition also expressed growing concerns about the assad regime's chemical weapons supply. in an all too familiar scenes of civil war, rockets blasted and fires flared overseer i can't today. far from the fighting in brussels, nato members approved turkey's request for patriot antimissile systems. they will defend against syrian...
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syria itself has said that al qaeda exists there. we've seen some evidence of the hallmarks of the kind of operations that they normally engage in. it does seem clear that al qaeda has relocated in some sense to syria. the iraqis are afraid that they'll come back across the border and create the kind of conflict and dissension and sectarian fighting that they managed to do so well just a few years ago. >> warner: thank you for joining us >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. the suspect in the colorado shootings appeared in court for the first time. james holmes had a dazed expression and his hair was dyed orange. the n.c.a.a. imposed crippling penalties on penn state football over a scandal involving sexual abuse of children. the government of syria said it would use chemical weapons only if it's attacked by foreign forces, as fighting spread to the country's largest city. and more than 100 people died in a string of attacks across iraq. how are spain's citizens coping with economic instability? we explor
syria itself has said that al qaeda exists there. we've seen some evidence of the hallmarks of the kind of operations that they normally engage in. it does seem clear that al qaeda has relocated in some sense to syria. the iraqis are afraid that they'll come back across the border and create the kind of conflict and dissension and sectarian fighting that they managed to do so well just a few years ago. >> warner: thank you for joining us >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the...
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of syria. >> woodruff: friend of syria. >> friends of syria. we are thinking of some ideas because i think we should continue to make more pressure on the regime, maybe we find out-- as you know, two, three years ago the arab league has sent some messages to bashar al-assad t seef he can lead. >> woodruff: any response from him? >> not yet. >> woodruff: do you think will be one? >> i cannot answer this question. i hope the syrian people continue to fight. >> woodruff: do you agree with those who say it's just a matter of time before his government falls? >> it is a matter of time and we have to continue believing that-- believing the syrian people are trying the best to overcome this dictator regime. >> woodruff: minister youssef armani of mocco we thank y veryuch r taing with us. >> thank you very much. >> woodruff: we explore whether the arab league can landlord diplomat effort in a syrian crisis. that is on the rundown. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": sweeping reforms for the new
of syria. >> woodruff: friend of syria. >> friends of syria. we are thinking of some ideas because i think we should continue to make more pressure on the regime, maybe we find out-- as you know, two, three years ago the arab league has sent some messages to bashar al-assad t seef he can lead. >> woodruff: any response from him? >> not yet. >> woodruff: do you think will be one? >> i cannot answer this question. i hope the syrian people continue to fight....
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obviously we prefer a diplomatic solution for his departure from syria. i'm not aware of the specifics of that, but people have floated all kinds of ideas. there's been other op ed pieces about russia taking greater responsibility for the situation and taking greater leadership, but so far that hasn't taken place either. >> woodruff: what more does canada believe needs to be done? the u.s. position is it's not the right moment or it isn't the right situation to send in military forces. that's canada's view as well? >> well, that's canada's view as well. we're going to work with the united states and our european countries and other countrys in trying to deal with the options for syria. we did deal and work together with the united states and european countries on libya, but to just take the libyan situation and transfer it over to syria, you can't do that. the united states believes that, we believe that. we work together in that situation to protect people, but we had a path forward. this one is a much more complicated issue. i wish it wasn't, and i wish
obviously we prefer a diplomatic solution for his departure from syria. i'm not aware of the specifics of that, but people have floated all kinds of ideas. there's been other op ed pieces about russia taking greater responsibility for the situation and taking greater leadership, but so far that hasn't taken place either. >> woodruff: what more does canada believe needs to be done? the u.s. position is it's not the right moment or it isn't the right situation to send in military forces....
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and how did you decide where you were going inside syria? we have a map i think we'll be able to show people. >> the rebels have basically carved out their own sort of unofficial buffer zone there in northern syria right next to the turkish border. for them, the benefit is they're able to get their wounded out into turkey more easily than they could before and that they can basically get weapons and money into syria from that... from the turkish area. so for us it made sense to get a sense of hue who the rebels are to spend time in the region they control instead of trying to cower and hide and go with them undercover from place to place to be in this swath of towns and villages that they control. rough where you have they are relatively safe. free from government assault on a regular basis? >> at this time. if you were to try to look at the map and say "where exactly do the rebels control? everyday it changes a bit, it morphs and changes. on the edges of the area they control the government might take a town back. there was one town when we
and how did you decide where you were going inside syria? we have a map i think we'll be able to show people. >> the rebels have basically carved out their own sort of unofficial buffer zone there in northern syria right next to the turkish border. for them, the benefit is they're able to get their wounded out into turkey more easily than they could before and that they can basically get weapons and money into syria from that... from the turkish area. so for us it made sense to get a...
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so we need everyone inside syria, everyone outside syria to understand that this is going only to create more suffering for women, children, the syrian people. anyone supporting this, anyone >> brown: just yesterday, mood and a convoy of u.n. observers had their own brush with disaster-- narrowly missing a roadside bombing, as they traveled south from damascus to daraa. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland deplored the bombings, but suggested e syrian government is at least partly to blame. >> if the assad regime were doing what it was supposed to do, which is to lead the way in demonstrating its commitment to the ceasefire, then we think that that would set the tone and we would not be seeing these kinds of violent episodes. >> brown: syrian opposition leaders claimed again today that the government is behind the bombings, in a bid to put anti- assad forces in a bad light. a short time ago i spoke to npr's kelly mcevers in beirut. kelly, thanks for joining us. what can you add to this? think that's talk about a shadowy al qaeda connected group that's claimed
so we need everyone inside syria, everyone outside syria to understand that this is going only to create more suffering for women, children, the syrian people. anyone supporting this, anyone >> brown: just yesterday, mood and a convoy of u.n. observers had their own brush with disaster-- narrowly missing a roadside bombing, as they traveled south from damascus to daraa. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland deplored the bombings, but suggested e syrian...
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you talked about their feeling abandoned inside syria. what about outside the country as they use diplomatic efforts to try to consolidate the support from around the world? are they succeeding? are they seen as a logical next step in the other capitals of the world? >> first of all i think they have to consolidate their own ranks. the syrian opposition is quite fragmented. this syrian national council has presented itself as the de facto opposition group. an umbrella group, if you like but it has its own problems. you know, some people say that it has a very heavy islamist tilt. others say that it's mainly comprised of exiles have haven't set foot in syria for many years and they don't speak for the men and women who are on the streets of damascus and other cities actually like homs and other areas in syria who are living under this bombardment and who are dying. in the streets. so this syrian opposition in all of its varied forms needs to get its own house in order. that is a very serious concern because, you know, the people in the str
you talked about their feeling abandoned inside syria. what about outside the country as they use diplomatic efforts to try to consolidate the support from around the world? are they succeeding? are they seen as a logical next step in the other capitals of the world? >> first of all i think they have to consolidate their own ranks. the syrian opposition is quite fragmented. this syrian national council has presented itself as the de facto opposition group. an umbrella group, if you like...
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but inside syria, a new surge of killing. video from mhommes captured the chaosate at a makeshift clinic after third day of shelling by the syrian army. the opposition said at least 50 people were killed in hommes today and human rights groups reported as many as 200 died there on saturday, the worst one-day toll since the uprising began last march. the crackdown intensified even as russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling for president assad to step down. western condemnation of the vetos kept coming today from london.... >> the human suffering in syria is already unimaginable and is in grave danger of escalating further. the position taken by russia and china has regrettably made this more likely. >> suarez:... and from paris where the ench president branded the vetos a scandal. but u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton insisted sunday in bulgaria, that's not the end of it. >> faced with a neutored security council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the united nations with those allies a
but inside syria, a new surge of killing. video from mhommes captured the chaosate at a makeshift clinic after third day of shelling by the syrian army. the opposition said at least 50 people were killed in hommes today and human rights groups reported as many as 200 died there on saturday, the worst one-day toll since the uprising began last march. the crackdown intensified even as russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling for president assad to step down. western...
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>> clearly there's a sectarian issue at play in syria today. the regime is a regime that is a minority regime. the rebels are largely sunni. so we're seeing increasingly that the battles on the ground take on a sectarian character. we've had massacres, for example, in the recent weeks of civilians largely sunni. it is alleged that government para-military forces that are alowti tevment have undertaken those. there's a sectarian dimension and it appears to be growing. >> ifill: andrew tabler there has been much discussion here in washington about what the u.s. or other countries should do to remove assad. where do we think the money is coming from or the aid is coming from to help that happen by supporting these rebel groups? >> the money is coming from the arab gulf. qatar and saudi arabia's names are often put forward as well as of that of curbing key. the exact trail is is unclear. the kind of weapons entering syria are growing increasingly sophisticated. it seems there's a lot more light arms and the kinds of opposition that the f.s.a. is pu
>> clearly there's a sectarian issue at play in syria today. the regime is a regime that is a minority regime. the rebels are largely sunni. so we're seeing increasingly that the battles on the ground take on a sectarian character. we've had massacres, for example, in the recent weeks of civilians largely sunni. it is alleged that government para-military forces that are alowti tevment have undertaken those. there's a sectarian dimension and it appears to be growing. >> ifill:...